The polite academy, or school of behaviour for young gentlemen and ladies : Intended as a foundation for good manners and polite address, in masters and misses. Containing, I. The beauty and advantages of a genteel behaviour and agreeable complaisance. II. Some rules and observations, for moral behaviour in young ladies; very necessary to be inculcated while at the boarding-school, in order to be practis'd when they come from it. III. Directions for good manners, agreeable behaviour, and polite address, on most common occasions in life. IV. Some directions for an easy genteel carriage in walking, saluting, making a curtesy, bow, and dancing the minuet. V. Some observations on the real use and advantages of dancing, by Mr. Lock and the Chevalier de Ramsay; with a few very necessary instructions by an eminent Master. Illustrated with twelve copper-plate cuts, beautifully engraved.
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The third edition. |
| Publication Info | London : printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-Noster-Row; and B. Collins, in Salisbury, MDCCLXV. [1765] |
| Description | xxxvi,60,*61-*72,61-70,73-181, that is, 108 pages, plates ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | p.108 misnumbered 181. |
| General note | Following imprint (in square brackets): Price 1s. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T86881. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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